Channa Masala This is the time of the year, where as it gets darker and colder that we turn to our comfort foods. These comfort foods have the reputation of being high fat, high sugar, processed foods that often perpetuate the cycle of binge and compulsive eating. Making Channa Masala tonight at home, I thought […]

      During a recent the New Paradigms group, we talked about our worthiness for self care and positive self talk so we don’t have to turn to food to manage feelings. Such an intelligent and compassionate group of women! They could never have imagined using the same negative talk with another human or […]

Ideally, food and therapy strategies are among the first tools we want our patients to use to nourish themselves. However, uncontrolled binge eating behavior, and anxiety fed by sugar, caffeine and nicotine leaves both treatment professionals and patients alike just feeling“stuck”! But when a patient is feeling helpless and hopeless, a new tool like a […]

Recently, I have been watching seminars by Julia Rucklidge (See https://www.facebook.com/healthcounseling/) and William Walsh, both PhD scientists doing research using micronutrients to treat mental health disorders like depression and anxiety. Their research and that of others in the international community shows how high quality nutrition supplements are a key player on the treatment “playground”. In […]

After practicing for almost 30 years as a dietitian and 20 years as a therapist, its clear that not every strategy works for everybody all the time. Furthermore, these strategies are constantly challenged by shame and guilt related to binge and compulsive eating. These behaviors are entangled with anxiety and depression leading people to isolate […]